Mildred Gutke Smith, 90, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 6, 2008 at her home surrounded by her family.
Mildred was born in Shelley, Idaho on January 22, 1918 to William M. and Edith W. Gutke. She graduated from Shelley High School and attended LDS Business College. Following her graduation from LDS Business College, Mildred worked for three years as a secretary for the Coca-Cola Soft-Drink and Bottling Company. Mildred married Edward Lorenzo Smith on January 25, 1941 at the Lion House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. For over 40 years, Mildred worked part time for her husband who owned and operated Lorenzo Smith and Son, a fire apparatus company that represented American La France Fire Engine Company and the Flxible Bus Company. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions in the Sunday School, Mutual and Relief Society. Mildred also belonged to wonderful dinner, bridge and a sewing club that met for over 50 years. She had many friends and loved spending time with them. The love of Mildred's life were her husband and her four children. She supported her husband in all his business ventures and traveled with him throughout the United States and through much of Europe and the Middle East. She was a wonderful mother and taught her children to be kind, resourceful and respectful of others. Her four children could not have had a better mother. She supported them in all their activities and adventures and loved them dearly.
Mildred is survived by her four children, Wayne Edward (Barbara), Larry Lorenzo, Rosemary Heaton (Melvin) and Merrill Gutke; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her younger sister Marion Quinn (Phoenix, Arizona). Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister Harriet Ann and brother William Gutke.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Salt Lake Foothill Sixth Ward Chapel, 2215 Roosevelt Avenue at 12 Noon. A viewing will be held at the Church at 10:30 a.m.
Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 10/8/2008.
Mildred was born in Shelley, Idaho on January 22, 1918 to William M. and Edith W. Gutke. She graduated from Shelley High School and attended LDS Business College. Following her graduation from LDS Business College, Mildred worked for three years as a secretary for the Coca-Cola Soft-Drink and Bottling Company. Mildred married Edward Lorenzo Smith on January 25, 1941 at the Lion House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. For over 40 years, Mildred worked part time for her husband who owned and operated Lorenzo Smith and Son, a fire apparatus company that represented American La France Fire Engine Company and the Flxible Bus Company. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions in the Sunday School, Mutual and Relief Society. Mildred also belonged to wonderful dinner, bridge and a sewing club that met for over 50 years. She had many friends and loved spending time with them. The love of Mildred's life were her husband and her four children. She supported her husband in all his business ventures and traveled with him throughout the United States and through much of Europe and the Middle East. She was a wonderful mother and taught her children to be kind, resourceful and respectful of others. Her four children could not have had a better mother. She supported them in all their activities and adventures and loved them dearly.
Mildred is survived by her four children, Wayne Edward (Barbara), Larry Lorenzo, Rosemary Heaton (Melvin) and Merrill Gutke; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her younger sister Marion Quinn (Phoenix, Arizona). Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister Harriet Ann and brother William Gutke.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Salt Lake Foothill Sixth Ward Chapel, 2215 Roosevelt Avenue at 12 Noon. A viewing will be held at the Church at 10:30 a.m.
Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 10/8/2008.
Mildred Gutke Smith, 90, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 6, 2008 at her home surrounded by her family.
Mildred was born in Shelley, Idaho on January 22, 1918 to William M. and Edith W. Gutke. She graduated from Shelley High School and attended LDS Business College. Following her graduation from LDS Business College, Mildred worked for three years as a secretary for the Coca-Cola Soft-Drink and Bottling Company. Mildred married Edward Lorenzo Smith on January 25, 1941 at the Lion House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. For over 40 years, Mildred worked part time for her husband who owned and operated Lorenzo Smith and Son, a fire apparatus company that represented American La France Fire Engine Company and the Flxible Bus Company. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions in the Sunday School, Mutual and Relief Society. Mildred also belonged to wonderful dinner, bridge and a sewing club that met for over 50 years. She had many friends and loved spending time with them. The love of Mildred's life were her husband and her four children. She supported her husband in all his business ventures and traveled with him throughout the United States and through much of Europe and the Middle East. She was a wonderful mother and taught her children to be kind, resourceful and respectful of others. Her four children could not have had a better mother. She supported them in all their activities and adventures and loved them dearly.
Mildred is survived by her four children, Wayne Edward (Barbara), Larry Lorenzo, Rosemary Heaton (Melvin) and Merrill Gutke; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her younger sister Marion Quinn (Phoenix, Arizona). Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister Harriet Ann and brother William Gutke.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Salt Lake Foothill Sixth Ward Chapel, 2215 Roosevelt Avenue at 12 Noon. A viewing will be held at the Church at 10:30 a.m.
Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 10/8/2008.
Mildred was born in Shelley, Idaho on January 22, 1918 to William M. and Edith W. Gutke. She graduated from Shelley High School and attended LDS Business College. Following her graduation from LDS Business College, Mildred worked for three years as a secretary for the Coca-Cola Soft-Drink and Bottling Company. Mildred married Edward Lorenzo Smith on January 25, 1941 at the Lion House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. For over 40 years, Mildred worked part time for her husband who owned and operated Lorenzo Smith and Son, a fire apparatus company that represented American La France Fire Engine Company and the Flxible Bus Company. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions in the Sunday School, Mutual and Relief Society. Mildred also belonged to wonderful dinner, bridge and a sewing club that met for over 50 years. She had many friends and loved spending time with them. The love of Mildred's life were her husband and her four children. She supported her husband in all his business ventures and traveled with him throughout the United States and through much of Europe and the Middle East. She was a wonderful mother and taught her children to be kind, resourceful and respectful of others. Her four children could not have had a better mother. She supported them in all their activities and adventures and loved them dearly.
Mildred is survived by her four children, Wayne Edward (Barbara), Larry Lorenzo, Rosemary Heaton (Melvin) and Merrill Gutke; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her younger sister Marion Quinn (Phoenix, Arizona). Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister Harriet Ann and brother William Gutke.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Salt Lake Foothill Sixth Ward Chapel, 2215 Roosevelt Avenue at 12 Noon. A viewing will be held at the Church at 10:30 a.m.
Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 10/8/2008.
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